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Byline: John Powers
Filmmakers have a soft spot for metropolitan life. This month, an omnibus of shorts about Paris and an animated portrait of Tokyo gone wild explore the teeming possibilities of the mean streets. tokyo Giddily received at festivals in Venice and New York, Paprika plays like an apache dance between Philip K. Dick and Hello Kitty. It centers on a machine that lets therapists enter their patients' dreams. When it's stolen, all madness breaks loose, with characters invading one another's minds and cute pop-culture critters rioting in the streets of Tokyo. This Japanese smash was made by Satoshi Kon, perhaps the world's most sophisticated and grown-up animator, who turns this story into a visual tour de force-every ...